CMC Patients Die from Superbug

 CHARLOTTE, NC—Carolinas Medical Center confirms two patients have died from CRE.  One of the patients contracted the Superbug this year, while the other was diagnosed in 2014.

WCCB Charlotte confirmed one of the victims, Alda Crump died Friday.  Crump’s daughter, Bennie Petty, says her mother was diagnosed at CMC-Lincoln a few weeks ago, but died at CMC-Mercy.  Petty says she and her family had to wear special gloves and gowns when they visited her mother.  She also tells WCCB Charlotte that hospital officials haven’t said where her mother contracted the Superbug.

CMC tells WCCB Charlotte that three patients were treated at CMC-Lincoln, and about 15 others contracted the Superbug outside of the hospital system.  CMC would not specify were those patients were treated, citing patient confidentiality.

Carolinas Medical Center says this is not an outbreak because numbers are on par with those from previous years.  CRE spread in California because doctors used tainted endoscopes during exams.  However, CMC says all endoscopes within its system tested negative for the Superbug.